Closure valve



Oct. 8, 1929. w. H. ROSE 1,730,436-

CLOSURE VALVE Filed March 18, 1929 INV NTOR 1L4 ATTORNEY Patented 'Oct. 8, 1929 I i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Application filed March 18, 1929. Serial No. 347,820.

My invention relates to container closureprises a body member 13 having the annular valves and refers particularly to closureflange 14, the annular recess 15, the side recess valves suitable for use with inverted liquid- 16 and the extended operating lip 17 An holding containers. opening, or conduit, 18, extends downwardly Liquid-soap dispensers are among the most through the flange 14 and the body 13, the 55 generally employed inverted liquid-holding lower portion 19 of the conduit being of containers, and the device of my invention is smaller diameter than the upper portion particularly adaptable for use with such disthereof. pensers. The above described valve is so positioned A closure-valve for the purposes mentioned that the flange 1 1 rests within, and upon, the 60 should be a-perfect closure against escape of member 11, the recess being beneath the the soap-liquid, when in normal position, member 11'. a should be readily opened by the hand in- The container 20 has a downwardly extended to catch the escaping liquid, should be tended outwardly threaded neck 21, and an 15 free from metal to prevent rusting, should be opening 22 with a screw cover 23. 65 free from springs and similar moving parts, The lower edge of the container neck 21 should be of such material and construction thus presses downward upon the flange 14 asto prevent sticking of the moving parts, and maintains the valve in position. should be of such construction that soap de- In operation, liquid is placed in the con- 20 posited upon the exterior thereof shall be as tainer 20, a portion of the liquid passing 70 invisible as possible from ordinary observainto, and being retained within, the conduit tion, should allow of free gravity exit move 18. v ment of the liquid, should be economic in When it is desired to obtain some of the production and simple in operation; liquid, the operating lip 17 is pressed up- 25 'All of the above mentioned, and other, valwardly, preferably into the recess 16, this 7 uable attributes are possessed by the device of movement opening the conduit 19, as shown my invention, as will be evident upon a conparticularly in Figures 5 and 6, thus allowsideration of my specification and its accoming the liquid to pass outwardly therepanying drawings. through.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrat- WVhen the lip 17 is released, the resiliency so ing one form of the device of my invention, of the material from which the valve is como similar parts are designated by similar nuposed causes it to return to its original posimerals. v tion, thus closing the conduit 19, interrupt- Figure 1 is a front view of one form of my ing the flow of the liquid.

device. It will be noted from the above that my Figure 2 is a side view of Figure 1. device is composed entirely of metallic-free Figure 3 is a vertical cross-section of the resilient material, such as rubber, that the reclosure-Valve of Figure 2. siliency of the material forms a perfect clo- Figure 4 is a bottom view of Figure 3. sure, allows the opening of the exit conduit 40 Figure 5 is a side view, partly in section, and re-closes the opening, that the exit openof the valve of Figure 2 in open position. ing is at the bottom of the valve, thus allow- Figure 6 is a bottom view of Figure 5. ing a free downward gravity movement of The accompanying drawings illustrate one the liquid when open and that any liquid deform of the device of my invention as applied posited upon the exterior portion of the de- 45 to one form of a liquid container and comvice at the opening is hidden from ordinary prises a bracket 10, having the annular inobservation. ternally threaded member 11, and having an Further, the construction of my device is annular opening 12 therein. such that it can be readily opened by the hand v The particular form of my valve device, receiving the liquid, and it is to be further 5 shown in the accompanying drawing, comnoted that the exit, being positioned at the bottom of the device, will not have as great a tendency to tear, or rupture, during repeated use, as is resent when the opening, or exit, is in the side of the valve.

I do not limit myself to the particular size, shape, number, position or material of parts, mentionedand described, as these aregiven simply as-a means for clearly describing the device of my invention.

What I claim is 1. In a closure-valve, in combination, a resilient body member having a practically strai ht longitudinal conduit therethrough, said body conduitbeing open at one end and having a downwardly extended opening in the lowest portion of the other end thereof, said latter opening being normally closed by the resiliency of the body material and means the movement of which will open the normally closed end of said body conduit without constricting said conduit.

2. In a closure-valve, in combination, a resilient body member having a practically straight longitudinal conduit therethrough,

- said conduit being open at one end and hav ing a downwardly extended opening in the lowest portion of the other end thereof, said latter openin being normally closed by the resiliency of t e bod material, the lower portion of said conduit being of smaller diameter than the other portion of saidconduit, and

means the movement of which will open thenormally closed end of said body conduit without constrictin said conduit.

3. In a closure-Va ve, in combination, a resilient body member having a practically straight longitudinal conduit therethrough, said conduit being open at one endand having a downwardly extended opening in the lowest portion of the other end thereof, said latter opening being normally closed by the resiliency of the body material, and means carried by the body member, the movement of which will open the normally closed end of said body conduit without constricting said conduit.

4. In a closure-valve, in combination, a resilient body member having a practically straight longitudinal conduit therethrough, said conduit being open at one end and having a downwardly extended opening in the lowest portion of the other end thereof, said' latter opening being normally closed by the resiliency of the body material, the lower portion of said conduit being of smaller diam eter than the other portion of said conduit and means carried by the body member the movement of which will open the normally closed end of said body conduit without constricting said conduit.

5. In a closure-valve, in combination, a resilient body member having a practically straight longitudinal conduit therethrough, said conduit being 0 en at one end and having a normally close opening at the extreme other end, and an extended lip to said body a movement of which will open the normally closed end of said body conduit without constricting said conduit.

6. In a closure-valve, in combination, a resilient body member having a practically straight longitudinal conduit therethrough, said conduit being open at one end and having a normally closed opening at the extreme other end, a flange carried by said body and having an open conduit therethrough communicating withthe open end of said body conduit and an extended lip to said body a movement of which will open the normally closedv end of said body conduit without con-' stricting said conduit.

7. In a closure-valve, in combination, a resilient body member having a practically straight longitudinal conduit therethrough, said conduit being open at one end and having a normally closed opening at the extreme other end and an angularly positioned extended lip to said body a movement of which will open the normally closed end of said gody conduit without constricting said conuit.

8. In a closure-valve, in combination, a resilient body member having a practically straight longitudinal conduit therethrough, said conduit being open at one end and having a normally closed opening at the extreme other end, a ange carried by said body and having an open conduit therethrough COII1- municatin with the open end of said body conduit an an angularly positioned extended lip to said body a movement of which will open the normally closed end of said body conduit without constricting said conduit.

9. In a closure-valve, in combination, a resilient body member, havin a practically straight longitudinal conduit therethrough, said conduit being open at one end of said body and having a normally closed opening at the extreme other end of said body, the

portion of said conduit being of smaller diameter than theremainder of said conduit, and an angularly positioned extended'lip to said body, the upward movement of which will open the closed end of said body conduit, allowing the avitational passage of a liquid therethroug and outwardly of the bottom of said body.

11. In a closure-valve, in combination, a resilient body member, having a practically straight longitudinal conduit therethrough, said conduit being open at one end of said body and having a normally closed opening at the extreme other end of said body, the lower portion of said conduit being of smaller diameter than the remainder of said conduit, a flange carried by said body and having an open conduit therethrough communicating with the open end of said body conduit and an extended lip to said body the upward movement of which will open the closed end of said body conduit allowing the gravitational passage of a liquid therethrough and outwardly of the bottom of said body.

12. In a closure-valve, in combination, a resilient body member, having a practically straight longitudinal conduit therethrough, said conduit being open at one end of said body and having a normally closed opening at the extreme other end of said body, the lower portion of said conduit being of smaller diameter than the remainder of said conduit, a flange carried by said body and having an open conduit therethrough communicating with the open end of said body conduit and an angularly positioned extended lip to said body the upward movement of which will open the closed end of said body conduit a1- lowing the gravitational passage of a liquid therethrough and outwardly of the bottom of said body.

18. In a closure-valve, in combination, a resilient body member, having a practically straight longitudinal conduit therethrough, said conduit being open at one end of said body and having a normally closed opening at the extreme other end of said body, the lower portion of said conduit'being of smaller diameter than the remainder of said conduit, said body havin a recess in the side thereof and an extende lip to said body the upward movement of which will insert said lip in said side recess and open the closed end of said body conduit allowing the gravitational passage of a liquid therethrough and outwardly of the bottom of the body.

14. In a closure-valve, in combination, a resilient body member having a practically straight longitudinal conduit therethrough,

said conduit being open at one end of said body, and having a normally closed opening at the extreme other end of said body, the lower portion of said conduit being of smaller diameter than the remainder of said conduit, said body having a recess in the side thereof, a flange carried by said body and having an open conduit therethrough communicating with the open end of said body conduit and an extended lip to said body the upward movement of which will insert said lip in said side recess and open the closed end of said body conduit allowing the passage of a liquid therethrough and outwardly I of the bottom of said body.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 16th day of March, 1929.

. WILLIAM H. ROSE. 

